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P/MPO/2025/04627 - Modify Or Discharge A Planning Obligation Approved

Proposal

Modification of a planning obligation dated 3 August 2020 relating to Planning Permission Ref. to develop land by the erection of up to 61 No. dwellings, form vehicular and pedestrian access, public open space and attenuation basins - to modify Clause 1.1; Clause 7.9; and Paragraph 10 of Part 1, Schedule 3 relating to affordable housing provisions. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
5 Aug 2025
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Approved
23 Mar 2026
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Appeal allowed
2 Apr 2026

Approved on 23 Mar 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 25 Oct 2026

Site constraints 5

Agricultural land, grade 3b
Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) agrees.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Public footpath 24 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; 1 listed building within 150 m; Conservation area 93 m away: Marnhull Conservation Area 2.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 25 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Dorset
Application type
Modify Or Discharge A Planning Obligation
Received
5 Aug 2025
Validated
5 Aug 2025
Ward
Stalbridge and Marnhull Ward
Parish
Marnhull
Case officer
Show
Decision
Granted
Decision date
23 Mar 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Appeal
Allowed · 2 Apr 2026 · Written Representations · Inspectorate case 6001749 ↗

How this decision compares

Decided in 230 days from validation, 91 days slower than Dorset's median of 139 for section 106 and planning obligations. Approved, as 86% of section 106 and planning obligations here are.

21%decided within 8 weeks
86%approved
13%go to committee

Plota live figures for section 106 and planning obligations decided by Dorset in the last twelve months, from validation. Dorset decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
2 Sept 2025
Dorset
Planning Authority Score
7.5/10
Good
#44 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Dorset is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #51 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (95%) than the national average (90%).

Faster than most councils
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Dorset decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
92%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #80 of 296
95%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #74 of 296
78%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #51 of 296
35%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #102 of 296
81%
Minor dwellings approved
344 decided (1-9 homes)
85%
Major dwellings approved
40 decided (10+ homes)
76%
Change of use approved
85 decided
2,781
Total decisions
233 refused in the year to March 2026